Senior Construction Manager

AtkinsRealis USA Inc.; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Employer-matched 401(k)

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid Time Off

Leaves of absences options

Flexible work options

Recognition and employee satisfaction

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Senior Construction Manager to lead transportation construction management and inspection on Virginia and DC projects. The role emphasizes building strong client relationships, staff planning, and pursuit development with a focus on VDOT and DDOT programs.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of civil engineering experience (Bachelor's degree) and a PE license. Travel to project sites is required; CEI/CM experience with VDOT or DDOT is highly preferred.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of civil engineering experience with a Bachelor's degree.
• Professional Engineer (PE) registration is required.
• VDOT/DDOT CEI/CM experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with agency clients and partners; lead construction management and inspection teams.
• Identify opportunities, staff staffing strategies, and position the firm for VDOT/DDOT assignments; support business development and proposals.
• Administer and monitor construction activities for conformance to plans and specs; manage project controls, schedules, and documentation.

Skills

Leadership

Relationship building

Proposal development

Technical writing

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent

PE registration

Job description

Job Description Overview

We are seeking a Senior Construction Manager to join our construction management team supporting transportation projects in Virginia and Washington, DC. The position will provide leadership and oversight for construction management and inspection services on roadway, bridge, and multimodal transportation projects.

Your role Build and maintain strong relationships with agency clients, industry partners, and teaming partners. Assist with identifying upcoming opportunities, developing staffing strategies, and positioning the firm for future VDOT, DDOT, and regional transportation assignments. Support business development, client engagement, proposal development, technical writing, and interview preparation for construction management pursuits. Administer and monitor construction activities to verify substantial conformance with contract plans, specifications, and applicable agency requirements. Lead internal and subconsultant personnel responsible for construction inspection, materials testing, documentation, and project controls. Coordinate with clients, contractors, designers, utilities, and stakeholders to resolve construction issues, schedule conflicts, and field conditions. Review project progress, quantities, payments, schedules, RFIs, change orders, and construction documentation. Monitor project cost, quality, schedule, and construction management staffing. Support maintenance of traffic, utility coordination, environmental compliance, quality management, and project closeout. Lead construction meetings and provide timely resolution and documentation of project issues. Apply sound engineering judgment to complex roadway and bridge construction assignments.

About you Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent. 15 years of experience with Bachelor's degree. 25 years experience without degree. Professional Engineer (PE) registration is required. VDOT and/or DDOT construction management/CEI experience is strongly preferred. Ability and willingness to travel to support project delivery, client engagement, pursuits, and business development activities is a plus.

Rewards & benefits

At AtkinsRéalis, our values—Safety, Integrity, Collaboration, Innovation, and Excellence—are more than just words. They are the foundation of who we are and how we work. These principles shape our culture, guide our decisions, and inspire us to create an environment where every team member feels empowered to grow, succeed, and make a meaningful impact.

Depending on your employment status, AtkinsRéalis benefits may include

• medical
• dental
• vision
• company-paid life and short- and long-term disability benefits
• employer-matched 401(k) with 100% vesting
• employee stock purchase plan
• Paid Time Off
• leaves of absences options
• flexible work options
• recognition and employee satisfaction programs
• employee assistance program
• voluntary benefits

You can review our comprehensive benefits page here.

About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more.

Additional information

Expected compensation range is between $150,000-$180,000 annually depending on skills, experience, and geographical location.

AtkinsRéalis is an equal opportunity, Drug-Free employer EOE/Veteran/Disability

Please review AtkinsRéalis’ Equal Opportunity Statement here.

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Worker Type Employee Job Type Regular At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people.

We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital.

The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital.

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